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Category Archives: Homelessness
Michael Edlen Donates $10,500 to Task Force on Homelessness
Michael Edlen, one of the most philanthropic Pacific Palisades residents, just gave a check for $10,500 to the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness (PPTFH). PPTFH volunteer Nancy Klopper wrote in an email to CTN that “Michael represents more than buyers and … Continue reading
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Malibu Seeks to Shelter Homeless Population Outside Malibu
(Editor’s note: this story, by Clara Harter, was originally printed March 29 in the Santa Monica Daily Press and is reprinted with permission.) Malibu, like the rest of Los Angeles County, has seen an uptick in its homeless population, but … Continue reading
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Homeless Woman Attacks Visitor with Vile Substance along RV Row in the Ballona Wetlands
An oversized porta-potty, paid for by Councilman Mike Bonin, has been placed adjacent to the environmentally sensitive Ballona Wetlands for those living in a long line of illegally parked RVs on Jefferson Boulevard. A woman who lives in one of … Continue reading
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Marshall Ingwerson to Address Task Force on Reducing Homelessness
Marshall Ingwerson, a journalist, former editor-in-chief of the Christian Science Monitor and founder of the “What Works Initiative” a project to spread public awareness on issues of public concern, will speak at the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness community Zoom meeting … Continue reading
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More Money Sought from the “Rich” for Homeless
Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin released a February 23 report “HHH Homeless Housing Tops $830K Per Unit, Urges City to Learn from Mistakes.” If the City has trouble learning from its mistakes, voters can’t be far behind. A proposed … Continue reading
Bonin Proposes Shelters as a “Matter of Right”
Councilman Mike Bonin and Councilmembers Nithya Raman and Marqueece Harris Dawson on February 9, introduced a motion in the Homelessness and Poverty Committee, that has now gone to the Planning and Land Use Committee in increase housing for the homeless. … Continue reading
Viewpoint: Kilbride Honored: the Palisades Homeless Model Works
I was wrong. I thought about it at 5 a.m. this morning as I participated in the 2022 Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority homeless count. I thought that forming a Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness (PPTFH), funded by local … Continue reading
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Viewpoint: Housing and Care Needed for Those Preyed Upon
(Editor’s note: the following January 27, 2022, Viewpoint “Many of Santa Monica’s Homeless Are Armed,” by John Alle was printed in the Santa Monica Daily Press and reprinted on the Culver City Observer. Santa Monica and Culver City are separate … Continue reading
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UCLA Expert: No Magical Answers for Drug/Alcohol Addiction
“Two Powerful Drugs Now Adding to U.S. Overdose Crisis,” reported the Associated Press in a January 27 story. “Emerging reports show that two little-known drugs are making lethal new contributions to America’s drug overdose crisis. “Para-fluorofentanyl and metonitazene are being … Continue reading
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Two Updates Related to Homelessness: Count and Talk on Addiction
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR HOMELESS COUNT: The annual homeless count has been moved from January to Wednesday, February 23, because of the Covid surge. Palisades residents Kim Clary and David Morena, who organize the local count, need verification from people … Continue reading
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